Focused Distraction

Bhakti Ziek, artist

born 1946

Focused Distraction, 2010

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: silk; tencel; handwoven weft-backed weaving; bamboo

Credit line: Courtesy of the artist

Accession number: EL2018.126

Not on display

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This weaving is part of Bhakti Ziek’s Continuum series. It suggests the “placeless” space that many of us inhabit today when we stare at our phones or other electronic screens. These spaces can both distract us and focus our attention. They represent nowhere and everywhere.